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Tenosynovial complications identify TTR cardiac amyloidosis among patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotype.

Francesco CappelliM ZampieriC FumagalliG NardiG Del MonacoM Matucci CerinicM AllinoviG TaborchiR MartoneM GabrieleA UngarA Moggi PignoneN MarchionniC Di MarioI OlivottoF Perfetto
Published in: Journal of internal medicine (2020)
CTS and BBTR are fivefold more prevalent in ATTR-CA patients compared with cardiac patients with other hypertrophic phenotypes. Positive predictive accuracy for ATTR-CA is highest when involvement is bilateral. Upper limb assessment of patients with HCM phenotypes is a simple and effective way to raise suspicion of ATTR-CA.
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